Akure agog as Ondo Youths hold rally to beg Wale Akinterinwa to join 2024 guber race

Akure agog as Ondo Youths hold rally to beg Wale Akinterinwa to join 2024 guber race

By: Promise Adagba

Different youth groups from across Ondo State on tuesday converged on Akure and lockdown the city for several hours, to beg the Immediate Past Commissioner for Finance, Mr Wale Akinterinwa to join the 2024 governorship race in the state.

During the solidarity rally that kicked from Adegbemile cultural centre through Oba Adesida- Oyemekun road to Ilesa garage, the youths said they embarked on the exercise to ask Akinterinwa to officially join the governorship race this year.

he is familiar with governance and so we are here to call him today to appeal that he should contest, because we believe he has the capability and capacity to lead Ondo State, we believe that as a financial expert he knows what to do to drive the economy of Ondo State and to move Ondo State forward, we want him to know that we are solidly behind him.”

The Chairman of Ondo State Park Management, Comrade Jacob Adebo aka Idajo, declared that “the youths has tried we believe he would be voted in the primary, the youths have chosen the person they would vote for during the primary.

“We are here for Wale Akinterinwa, the people should vote for Wale Akinterinwa, after the burial of Arakunrin Akeredolu, he should declare, I will appeal to the people not to collect money from anyone to vote any candidate, we only want Wale Akinterinwa,” Adebo said.

Responding, Barr. Sola Ajisafe said, “I am here in representative capacity representing Mr Wale Akinterinwa to listen to the voice of the youths who are appealing to him to come and lead the state in the executive Arm as the next governor of the state, they have their reasons and their reasons are not far-fetch, competency, ability, capability, efficiency and honesty.

“Wale is a modern financial expert, he has provided solution to very technical financial problem and that is exactly what Ondo State need at this time, my responsibility with the rest of the people here who are not youth, but we have a youthful mind, we have come to represent Hon. Wale Akinterinwa who is unavoidable absent because he is out of the state.

“We would take the message back to him that the Ondo State youths in the progressives end to choose him as the person that would flag the flag of APC in Ondo State.

“I want to thank the leadership of the youths in Ondo State for what they have done, posterity would judge them.

“We are expecting that he make his intention known immediately after the burial of his late boss, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the document (letter) here would be handed over to his representative, we did this without his knowledge, he is not aware of this movement, we want him to contest.

“This is like ten thousand youths, the street of Akure was on a stand still for Akinterinwa today, we can even assist him in purchasing the nomination form, because we know that with him on that post, the youths are fortunate,” Ajisafe said.